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Friday, March 18, 2011

Started Re-Organizing…

Being a part of my society’s Beginner’s Course 2011, I sat through many classes which were inspiring to me. One was the Organizing class. Though I have “a place” for all of my genealogy, it doesn’t seem to be “working” for me. The system is wrong. I can’t make the best use of what I have. I can retrieve what I want when I want it which is a key element for ME, but I can’t get the big picture by easily looking at one surname at the same time. I started as a binder-girl as I mentioned here, then because binders wouldn’t fit in my two walls of built-in bookshelves (scaled for BOOKS) in my office, I switched to hanging file folders like this:

This followed an index for the contents of the folders I kept on my computer and printed for the first folder you see in the bottom right corner of the photo: the Index File, incase my computer was not running.
So, I’m switching back to binders after I emptied my office closet, including the rod for hanging clothes (this was a bedroom). I put in an el cheapo bookshelf and sized it just for binders.

This was before the transformation:

The new bookcase in - oh yes I forgot to mention, I had this brainy idea when I was home alone and being stubborn and impatient I hauled it up the stairs from the basement by myself!

And here it is today with several binders already made:

I,m very proud of my new surname binders which I'll talk about in detail in another post!

I have many more binders to make, but this is where I am right now. It’s been a lot of work!

5 comments:

@Nolichucky Roots Why thank you! It feels great to have everything together and it IS A PROCESS so I don't expect immediate gratification, but comments like yours sure help! It's not too late for you to start either! I could use some partners-in-crime!

Hi Joanne,I have nominated your blog for an Award, One Lovely Blog because you do have a lovely blog. I hope you enjoy the award. Take the button from my site and add it to yours. Check out the rules at the link below. I think 7 blogs is enough.http://meandmyancestors.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-lovely-blog-award.htmlHave fun. Amazing re-organization there!